The Tale of the Candyman

Roger Corman attempts to make a series of "Candyman" movies. Can he complete his totally popular, not-at-all-obscure-cult-classic slasher quadrilogy without being thwarted by the bee-adjacent serial killer himself? Oh, and... ONE OF OUR HEROES DIES TRAGICALLY!!!—but gets better, with a brand new face and voice actor.

Content notes: swearing, sexual references, loud noises, violence, gore, death and murder.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Roger Corman (1926–2024), a true pioneer of horror cinema. We've mocked Roger on this show, but the truth is—as with many creators satirized on Midnight Pals—that all the things we mock him for are the very same things that make him awesome. Only Roger could have looked at Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and seen that what it really needed was Vincent Price prancing around a Halloween castle and Barbara Steele in an oubliette. And it worked. Rest in peace, Roger, and thanks for all the fun.

CAST:

Introducing

DAVID AULT as Clive Barker

also starring

Edgar Allan Poe — RODRIGO BORGES Mary Shelley — REBECCA D'SOUZA Dean Koontz — WREN MONTGOMERY Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON HP Lovecraft — ROBIN JOHNSON

with

Roger Corman — BITTER KARELLA Tony Todd/Candyman — DASHAWN RICKS David DeCoteau — BRAD BARNES Graham Masterton – DAVID COURT

This episode was written by Brad Barnes. Script editing, audio production and music were by Robin Johnson. Daisy McNamara was an audio consultant.

A transcript of this episode can be found at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/the-tale-of-the-candyman/transcript

The Midnight Pals is the creation of Bitter Karella ©. All characters are fictitious, especially the real ones.

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Each week, a group of storytellers gathers around a campfire. There's world-weary club MC Edgar Allan Poe, nerd dad Stephen King, violent goth Mary Shelley, squid-obsessed wimp HP Lovecraft, and others. A comedy-horror semi-anthology adapted from Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated microfiction.

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